VIVA NIRWAN
SF VERIFY (Marwan Al Shaqab x Veronica GA / Versace)
NIOBA (Wadim PL x Niewiasta / Preference)

Beautiful promising bay colt NIRWAN is sired by the US-bred SF VERIFY, himself a son of the great Marwan Al Shaqab, to whom both Nirwan and his sire has a strong resemblance. Marwan Al Shaqab is without doubt the most important sire of today, even outshining his own sire, Gazal Al Shaqab. Both Marwan and Gazal have been named World Champions, and are the sires of World Champions. From Marwan Al Shaqab, Verify and Nirwan has inherited the extreme elegance and long, hooky neck for wich these horses are famous.
The dam of SF Verify is the beautiful chestnut mare VERONICA GA. Born in 2001, Veronica GA was named 2004 US National Futurity Champion Mare, and is now being a producer of note: her son SF VERAZ (3/4 brother to SF Verify) is an incredibly typey and popular sire in the US: at Scottsdale 2010 he was the classwinner of Stallions 4 years.
VERILY PCF out of Veronica GA, was Scottsdale Reserve Champion Filly and PCF VISION (full brother to SF Verify) is an upcoming sire in the US.
Veronica GA is sired by Versace: sire of World Reserve Champion Mares LADI VERONIKA (2009) & VENETZIA (2008). Versace is also the sire of US National Champions DA Valentino & Da Vinci FM. Versace has been a leading sire in the US for several years, and is still topping the lists, even years after his untimely death.
Veronica GA is a lookalike granddaughter of the stylish chestnut stallion, Triple Crown Winner ECHO MAGNIFFICO.
SF Verify was imported to Sweden as a yearling and has been shown succesfully in Scandinavia, winning his class at the Swedish Nationals and also at the prestigious Scandinavian Open, in 2008. The same year he was also second in his class at the highly competitive Norweigan International Championship.
SF Verify has been sold to Denmark, so he has only a very limited number of offspring available in Sweden.

Nirwans dam is the typey, well moving and correct NIOBA. She has had limited showings, but has been awarded the great score of 90 points and a third place at the Kumla International Show. Nioba is by WADIM; he is Swedish National Champion, European Reserve Champion, Towerlands Champion and All Nations Cup Reserve Champion. He was also awarded a second place in Breeding Stallions, at the Las Vegas All Breeders Cup while on lease to Wayne Newton, US. Wadim has a number of National Champion offspring (Splendida, Zonogramm and others) and is also proving himself a sire of performance horses. The Wadim-son GWARANT (3/4 brother to Nioba) is Kumla International Champion Stallion, as well as a first class endurance-horse.
Niobas grandsire is the double Swedish National Champion PREFERENCE, and Niobas granddam is the beautiful fleabitten grey Probat-daughter NIEBIOSA. Niebiosa was bred by Ingela Gyllenkrok of Papas Arabians, one of Swedens oldest and most succesful studfarms. Niebiosa was out of the great mare Nidshem, imported in utero from Poland. Nidshem contributed greatly to arabian horse-breeding in Sweden. Her offspring has also been exported around the world. Niebiosa herself was Axvalla Overall Champion, Scandinvian Open Reserve Champion and she was exported to Poland in her later years. A very large number of Swedish National Champions belongs to this damline, among them are NIDSHEM (2x Swedish National Champion Mare), NIMBUSZ (2x Swedish National Champion Colt), NEKST, NIEBIESKA (out of Niebiosa), TA NOX, NAUTICIA, NECESSA (2x Swedish National Champion) and NIESZPORA.

Story: Hannah Andersson